This document provides an overview of how to get started with online marketing. It discusses creating an online marketing strategy by understanding your buyer, identifying where they spend time online, and mapping your sales process. It also covers building an online marketing platform through developing a solid website foundation, using social media and pay-per-click ads for visibility, and generating credibility and leads through content marketing. Finally, it discusses the importance of measuring online marketing success through metrics and analytics.
3. The History of Sales & Marketing
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
(1808 –1890)
“Plus çachange, plus c’est
la mêmechose”
(The more things change,
the more they stay the same)
4. Sizing the Internet Up
2.99 billion
Internet users
1.09 billion
websites
92.89%
of Canadians have access
to the Internet
$1.5 trillion
Expected 2014 B2C online sales
5. Sizing the Internet Up
In the 30 minutes this presentation is expected to take, there will be:
82,683,000 Google searches
4,214,806,200 emails sent
162,055,800 YouTube
videos viewed
14,135,400 tweets sent
76,391 blog posts published
11. Identifying Your Buyer
Things you want to know about your buyer:
1.Background
2.Demographics
3.Identifiers
4.Goals
5.Challenges
6.How You Can Help
7.Real Quotes
8.Common Objections
9.Marketing Message
10.Elevator Pitch
16. Google 101
oInterior design
oColourselection
oHome renovations
oOffice renovations
oKitchen renovations
oBathroom renovations
oBest coloursfor a happy office
oBasement finishing ideas
Choosing the right flooring for an office
oChoosing the right flooring
17. Your Website –A Solid Foundation
Clean interface, deliver your
key message quickly and concisely
Keep Google happy!
Make your website look good
on mobile devices
Register your business on
Google places
18. Social Media & Visibility
Where does your buyer hang out?
Converse, don’t broadcast!
22. Metrics
Embed tracking code in the code of
your website to start Google
tracking your website traffic, visitor
behavior and much more.
Most common metrics to track:
oPageviews
oSessions
oBounce rate
oLocations
oDevice type
23. Steve Hartley, Managing PartnerPhone:(905) 456 –4606 X230Cell:(905) 867 –5998Email:steve.hartley@sparkitects.com
Notas do Editor
Name, company, position
Two things: I speak fast when I get excited and I’m assuming a basic knowledge of internet terminology: gTLD’s, 301 redirects, difference between server side and client side processing
Intro: why – help business owners market their businesses on the internet to help them reach and exceed their businesses sales and marketing goals
How – strategy focused approach to determine the appropriate tools and the best use of those tools to achieve the goals they set
What – tools include website design, social media marketing, pay-per-click marketing and content marketing
Soap operas – term came into being in the 1930’s because soap manufacturers sponsored daily radio dramas that were aired during the middle of the day and mostly consumed by housewives
With the invention of TV came TV commercials
Travelling salesmen visited their customers
Cold calling
Fax
2.99 billion users on the internet – represents 43% of the world population
1.09 billion websites – almost one website for every three users
At $1.5 trillion, if the Internet were a country it would have the 12th largest GDP (just ahead of Canada at $1.8 trillion)
2.99 billion users on the internet – represents 43% of the world population
1.09 billion websites – almost one website for every three users
Google search for “Mississauga interior designer” yielded 4.48 million hits
Fourth picture might mean that your buyers aren’t online – the importance of integrating your offline sales activities; consider how you might drive offline to online
Googles secret sauce, highly guarded, what they’re looking for and how they rank
Not just keywords but placement of words, images, page structure, load time, relevance, etc.
Remember the 2.99 billion websites on the internet? The 4.48 million results for “Mississauga interior designer”? It’s a crowded world.
For lead generation, the more information you ask for the less likely the user is going to be to download your piece